http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/ Movies, from a furious point of view Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:49:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Zombie Post: The Hangover, or Dude, Where's My Friend? | Involuntary Fury Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:09:11 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-790 [...] But once it was over and I walked out of the theater, during that period of quiet reflection while your eyes adjust to the over-bright world outside, the movie didn’t seem quite as brilliant as it did scant moments before. The feeling just wouldn’t leave me, like that crap-cloud that hung around Pig-Pen from Peanuts. I spent several uneasy minutes trying to figure out what happened. Like the way you slowly recognize a friend you haven’t seen for twenty years, it eventually came to me. The Hangover was just another rip-off. [...] [...] But once it was over and I walked out of the theater, during that period of quiet reflection while your eyes adjust to the over-bright world outside, the movie didn’t seem quite as brilliant as it did scant moments before. The feeling just wouldn’t leave me, like that crap-cloud that hung around Pig-Pen from Peanuts. I spent several uneasy minutes trying to figure out what happened. Like the way you slowly recognize a friend you haven’t seen for twenty years, it eventually came to me. The Hangover was just another rip-off. [...]

]]> http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Public Domain Movie Of The Week: The Fast And The Furious | involuntary fury Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:16:03 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-333 [...] the plot (instead taking that from Point Break), the Charlie Sheen-Kristy Swanson movie The Chase ripped off the plot and gave it a new [...] [...] the plot (instead taking that from Point Break), the Charlie Sheen-Kristy Swanson movie The Chase ripped off the plot and gave it a new [...]

]]> http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Sex Crime Of The Century | involuntary fury Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:33:04 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-158 [...] enough filmmaking skill on display to make it worthwhile, as well. And the plot? It’s a rip-off of The Virgin Spring. How many other low budget gore-fests get their inspiration from Ingmar [...] [...] enough filmmaking skill on display to make it worthwhile, as well. And the plot? It’s a rip-off of The Virgin Spring. How many other low budget gore-fests get their inspiration from Ingmar [...]

]]> http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-132 5 Incredible Debuts For Actors Turned Director | involuntary fury Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:59:32 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-132 [...] psychotic female antagonist, which, while commonplace today, was unusual at the time. It was later ripped off under the moniker Fatal Attraction. [...] [...] psychotic female antagonist, which, while commonplace today, was unusual at the time. It was later ripped off under the moniker Fatal Attraction. [...]

]]> http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-124 A Disturbing Rip-off | involuntary fury Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:12:25 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-124 [...] it seemed fairly obvious to me (and probably everyone else) that Disturbia was a rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, with Shia LaBeouf as the wienery version of Jimmy Stewart. [...] [...] it seemed fairly obvious to me (and probably everyone else) that Disturbia was a rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, with Shia LaBeouf as the wienery version of Jimmy Stewart. [...]

]]> http://involuntaryfury.com/2008/08/lost-genre-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Pages tagged "involuntary" Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:00:28 +0000 http://involuntaryfury.com/?p=36#comment-34 [...] bookmarks tagged involuntaryBuilding Links Lost Genre: Rip-off saved by 3 others     unknownmarketer bookmarked on 08/02/08 | [...] [...] bookmarks tagged involuntaryBuilding Links Lost Genre: Rip-off saved by 3 others     unknownmarketer bookmarked on 08/02/08 | [...]

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